Ralph Ince
Acting
Born 1887-01-14
Died 1937-04-10
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
147 credits
Read biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ralph Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince and Thomas H. Ince. Ralph Waldo Ince was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of three sons and a daughter raised by English immigrants, John and Emma Ince. Sometime after his birth Ince moved to Manhattan where his entire family was engaged in theater work; his father as a musical agent and mother, sister Bertha and brothers, John and Thomas as actors. Ralph Ince studied art with cartoonist Dan McCarthy and for a while worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the New York World and later magazine illustrator for the New York Mirror and The Evening Telegram. At times over his acting and directing career Ince would continue to contribute cartoons to popular magazines of the day. Early on in his career Ince, who had done some stage acting as a child, was a member of Richard Mansfield's stock company playing parts in The College Widow and Ben Hur.
Around 1906 Ince became an animator in the fledgling film industry working for Winsor McCay, but soon turned to acting and joined Vitagraph Studios where he became known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in a series of one reel films. Ince began directing at Vitagraph around 1910 and was officially advanced to the director’s chair in 1912, though he still continued to act in many of his films and throughout his career. Ince would go on to direct some 171 films between 1910 and 1937 and appear in approximately 110 films over nearly the same time period.
Not enough member ratings yet.
Sign in to rate.
Filmography
— top 60 of 147
Acting
30 credits
Little Caesar
Malay Nights
Troublesome Secretaries
State's Attorney
The Big Fight
Men of Chance
Men Of America
The Lost Squadron
Running Hollywood
Law and Order
Numbered Men
The Star Witness
Wall Street
The Singapore Mutiny
The Mouthpiece
Girl of the Rio
Not for Publication
Havana Widows
Out of the Snows
Hell Bound
The Pride of the Legion
Jean the Match-Maker
Law of the Sea
The Bond of Music
The Big Shot
The Tenderfoot
The Highest Law
So You Won't Talk
The County Fair
The Better Way
Directing
37 credits
Troublesome Secretaries
Wandering Girls
Tempered Steel
Two Women
Her Man
After Midnight
To-Day
Her Choice
Men Of America
Danger Street
Crime Unlimited
Lucky Devils
The Chorus Lady
The Singapore Mutiny
Hardboiled
His Wife's Money
Hit of the Show
Not for Publication
He Never Knew
The Co-respondent
South Sea Love
Out of the Snows
Moulders of Men
Flaming Gold
A Stitch in Time
My Lady's Slipper
A Wide Open Town
The Argyle Case
Murder at Monte Carlo
The Painted World
The Highest Law
Too Many Crooks
Hurricane
The Destroyers
A Man's Home
Dynamite Smith
The Better Way
Writing
3 credits
Track what you watch
DuckTrack members see which of these they have already watched,
right here on this page.
Create a free account
Comments
0 commentsNo comments yet. Sign in to be the first.